The Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) and Crime Stop­pers T&T (CSTT) are hop­ing to re­cov­er at least 100 il­le­gal guns be­fore the State of Emer­gency (SoE) ends on April 13.

They hope in­creas­ing the cash re­wards un­der the Il­le­gal Gun Re­moval Pro­gramme will com­pel cit­i­zens to re­port where il­lic­it weapons can be found in a bid to reach the tar­get.

Speak­ing dur­ing the TTPS me­dia brief­ing at the Po­lice Ad­min­is­tra­tion Build­ing in Port-of-Spain yes­ter­day, act­ing Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice (CoP) Ju­nior Ben­jamin said they had man­aged to re­cov­er over 165 il­le­gal weapons since the SoE start­ed on De­cem­ber 30, 2024.